Harness attachment



' (No Model.)

J. w. 'NELLIS.

HARNESS ATTACHMENT. 7 No. 552,442. Patented Dec. 31, 1895.

UNIT D, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN IV. NELLIS, OF PALATINE, NEIV YORK.

HARNESS ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,442, dated December 31, 1895.

Application filed January 4, 1895.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WV. NELLIs, a citizen of the United States, residing in the town of Palatine, in the county of Montgomery and State of New York, have invented a new and useful device or contrivance for holding the side strap running from the breeching to the little neck-yoke of a double harness, and at the same time allowing the side strap free play, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in harness attachments and it consists in a guiding device supported by being secured to the belly-band billet or trace-buckle, for the purpose of supporting and guiding the side strap, leading from the neck-yoke to the breeching of a double harness, over the said billet.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of the class described, of simple construction, for supporting theside strap and at the same time afford it a free longitudinal movement.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a harness provided with my improved attachment. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same detached. Fig. 3 is a rear view. Fig. at is an edge view.

A designates the back or body of the attachment, and B the clasp-arms on the vertical edges thereof for bending backward upon the billet 0. Upon the upper edge of body A is the hooked band D for engaging the bar of trace-buckle E, and thus holding the attachment securely from longitudinal movement on the billet.

F is a long tongue bent from the upper'edge of body A downward over the front thereof, while bent upward from the lower edge of body A is short hook or bend G, slightly removed from tongue F to leave space H through Serial No. 533840 (No model.)

which the side strap (not shown) may be moved endwise into space I formed by tongues F and G, and inwhich space the said strap is adapted to move freely. While tongue G extends upward sufliciently far to prevent accidental removal of the side strap, yet the latter may be readily inserted in space I by a slight upward twist through space H.

WVhile I do not desire to limit myself to the form here described or the material used, yet I prefer the combination shown, and such material as will afford pliable clasp-arms for pressing either to the billet or side strap if so desired.

Having this fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. An attachment of the class described comprising a body portion, backwardly bent clasp arms on opposite edges thereof for engaging the billet, and the oppositely extending tongues across the front of said body to form space I for the side strap, substantially as shown and described.

2. An attachment of the class described comprising body A, clasp arms B, the long depending tongue F on the front side thereof, the vertically extended short tongue G, removed from tongue F, said tongues F and G forming space I for the side strap, substantially as shown and described.

3. An attachment of the class described comprising body A, hooked bend D for engaging the trace buckle, backwardly bent clasp arms B for incasing the billet, and tongues F and G to form space I, substantially as shown and described.

JNO. W. 'NELLIS.

\Vitnesses:

BORDEN D. SMITH, ANDREW J. NELLIs. 

